Warbird Information Exchange

Greetings I was wondering How many Bombers were named the BIG A-S-S Bird ? was it just the B-17 or B-29 I seem to rmeber that their was a B-52 based at Carswell that carried that name any pictues ?

Happy New Year Everybody !

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Glen

Lookie Capt Jim! Wham! Wham! ...............................Termights

KC-97 crews used to refer to our airplanes as a "Big Gas Bird" since SAC frowned on names or nose art.

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There were at least 4 B-17's with variations of 'Big Ass Bird ' nose art, and 4 more that had 'Big Gas Bird' nose art.

Steve G